From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Wes Hardaker Subject: Re: Announcing org-contacts, a bbdb-like contact manager for Org Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:24:20 -0800 Message-ID: References: <87r5bhysp6.fsf@keller.adm.naquadah.org> <87bp2hs8bu.fsf@altern.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=47514 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Pp36Q-0008DR-8P for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Feb 2011 13:24:51 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Pp36O-0001dU-Q8 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Feb 2011 13:24:49 -0500 Received: from mail.hardakers.net ([168.150.236.43]:35647) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Pp36O-0001cf-IZ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Feb 2011 13:24:48 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87bp2hs8bu.fsf@altern.org> (Bastien's message of "Sat, 12 Feb 2011 13:18:10 +0100") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Bastien Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org >>>>> On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 13:18:10 +0100, Bastien said: B> I've played around with it, and I can already see the benefit. When B> org-contacts will insinuate into Gnus, that will be a real win. Ditto! This will be such a wonderful way to maintain contacts that will have significant advantages over the elisp based storage mechanisms. I frequently need to look up contacts away from emacs and resort to 'grep' in my .bbdb file as quick hack, which is far less than pretty. Having the data in org will mean better export support, better free-form support, ... Please keep plugging away at it! [oh, and I can't wait for the first person to write bbdb-to-org-contacts :-] -- Wes Hardaker My Pictures: http://capturedonearth.com/ My Thoughts: http://pontifications.hardakers.net/